Woodland Daily Democrat from Woodland, California • Page 1

ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27,1922 ESTABLISHED 1ST! PASSES, AGE 89 YEARS Mrs. Caroline R. Henry, mother of Mrs. R. B.

Cranston of this city, and Mrs. Henry H. Smith of Brooks, and wife of the late Jacob Henry of the Capay Valley district, passed away here late yesterday afternoon at the Cranston home on First street at the age of 89 years. Death was not unexpected for the deceased had been bedridden for the past three years, having suffered a stroke of paralysis i in 1919. A second stroke attacked her last Saturday and from that moment she began to fail fast.

Mrs. Henry lived to see the fourth generation in her family, among the survivors being four' great-great grandchildren. She was the mother of nine children, two of whom are deceased. Besides the seven surviving sons and daughters there are thirty grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren and the four great-great grandchildren, making the direct descendants of her body reach the unusual number of 81 during her own I) retime. The surviving children are: Mrs.

Emeline Smith of Brooks, Yolo county; George W. Henry of Henderson county, Andrew J. of San Francisco; Mrs. Cyrus Duncan of Nordland, Washington; Schuyler C. Henry of Vacaville; Mrs.

R. B. Cranston of Woodland, and Ira M. Henry of Sausalito. Before her marriage to Jacob Henry on April 26, 1849, the deceased was Miss Caroline R.

Conradt, She was born near Ludwigsburg, Germany, September 20, J833, coming to the United States at an early age. After arrival in New York' State she wont to Michigan where she married Mr. Henry. From there the couple went to Illinois and began farming, later disposing of their interests there and coming to California in 1875. Very soon thereafter the Henrys took up 130 acres of land in Yolo county and finally became prominent or- chardists of the Capay Valley.

Mr. Henry was injured when a team of horses ran away with him, causing his death December 30, 1900. After his death Mrs. Henry remained but a short time on the home place, removing to Woodland, and for the past twelve years making her home with her son-in-law and daughter, and Mrs. R.

B. Cranston, of this city. Kitto Wilson have charge of tho funeral arrangements, but did not know the hour this afternoon. C. F.

THOMAS TO BE LOCAL SHIPPERS CHAIRMAN C. F. Thomas, of Thomas, Stephens Mattei, large shippers of the Woodland district, accepted an invitation today to serve tas tlocal chairman in Woodland for the state-wide shipper: committee opposing dismemberment of the Southern Pacific railway system. The appointment was made by former Senator Charles B. Bills of Sacramento, vice president of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bank, and director in the Sacramento valley for the statewide shippers committee.

Unmerger of the Southern Pacifk and Central Pacific, said Mr. Thomas, would be a disastrous blow to California economically, arid for this reason, he continued, he was glad to act with the shippers in any movement designed to keep the present system intact. Outside Deaths increase Local Mortality Roll The grim reaper has been abnormally busy in Woodland over the holiday season, but in estimating the rate of mortality here for the closing days of the year, it is also well to consider that several of those who paid the debt of nature came to Woodland, practically to die, even though in the last hope to gain relief, one or two of the deceased had recently moved away. Here is a summary of the deaths of Woodland and Yolo county people in the past week: Mrs. Clementine Boggs.

Dr. Thornton Craig. Mrs. Lina Hinsdale. Mrs.

W. C. Darden. Jasper N. Decker.

C. J. Sellersen. Leonard Fritz. Mrs.

Jennie Nourse. Mrs. Bobbitt. Mrs. Hattie Elston.

Mrs. Jacob Henry. Albert Peters. John Kaiser. Mrs.

Tenita Thompson. Editorially, today the editor of the "Democrat" pays tribute to those who have passed beyond since last Saturday. 44 Mrs. W. E.

Bobbitt, estimable wo- man of this city, lost in a three-weeks battle for life last night, passing away near midnight, attended by those dearest to her. She was strick- en ill several months ago with a ner- vous breakdown superinduced by an affection of the teeth, the poison from which permeated her system. A specialist from the bay region recently visiting her on her sickbed diagnosed the case as did the local physicians. Hope of her recovery was given up some days ago. Mrs.

Bobbitt, one of the best known women in Wooodland, and of whose works and good deeds the "Democrat" SPEED COPS SAY COLUSA MAN GAVE WRONGIDENTiTY Failure of a Colusa man to appear in court here three months ago to answer a charge of automobile speeding, may cause him some embarrassment. Officers George Sharpnack and Henry Jacobs are planning a trip to Colusa this evening to investigate. Last August 3 the local motor officers arrested a speeder who gave his name as "Weinboldt" and his address as Colusa. The authorities be- j'teve that the name is fictitious. They observed that the car had a Colusa dealer's license and from this they expect to re-arrest the law offender.

speaks editorially today in conjunction with other prominent citizens recent- ly deceased, was born November 28, 1878, in Paulina, Iowa. Her father died when she was an infant, her mother passing when she was a girl i of eighteen. She united in mar- I riago in Payette, Idaho, to Rev. Bobbitt, pastor of the Christian church in this city, on June 12, 1906. From! that point they moved to Vacaville.

where Bobbitt was pastor of the ji rs Lawson Feels Like Stranger In Xmas Fedora The man who stated very frankly that there was a "destiny which shapes our ends," knew what he was talking about, according to W. H. Lawson, who a half a century ago started out in life wearing a derby hat, principally because it just happened to fit his type of manly beauty. There is a reason why friends are looking twice at the Woodlandite today before tliey extend him the usual cordial greeting. And it is because his headgear is all changed, different and unfamiliar.

Lawson journeyed to Stockton to spend the Christmas festival with a son, Fred Lawson. The Christmas tree was laden with gifts for all, including a Fedora or soft hat for the local man. And so he has bidden a fond farewell to the Derbys which he wore constantly for half a century and in which he was best known. Lawson has no comments to make, but claims he feels a little out of place, yet is trying to inure himself to the change. GET $17, ESTATE OF LATE C.

Seventeen thousand five hundred dollars is to be divided among the chuixhes of Woodland and the Yolo Chapter or the Red Cross by the estate of the late Charles Q. Nelson, establishing a precedent, according to Attorney Elmer W. Armfield, in the Sacramento valley in the matter'of bequests to religious and. charitable institutions. Nearly every relig-ious and charitable institution is to receive a substantial sum.

Although Mr. Nelson died in- Search For Highwaymen In Woodland MRS. HATTIE ELSTON OSES SUDDENLY IN FRESNO testate and without leaving a will, the matter was discussed by him and his wife previous to death and a tentative will was drafted It was the wish of the deceased that each eleemosynary institution i Woodland should share some of fruits of his effort. The will was never executed and although the matter is not binding on the heirs to the $325,000 estate, it was the wish of the widow, Mrs. Rose Nel- 1 son, that the desire of her husband' be 'carried out.

The result has been that Bullard Elston, born Christian church for some time. In and reare( this county on the old 1908 the twain came to Woodland, es- Bu ar( home place, passed away un- tablishing their home. expectedly shortly after noon Tues- Mrs. Bobbitt was educated at the day at the her brother, E. J.

state college at Ames, Iowa, and re- ar at Fresno, where the Elston ccived her degrees from that insti- anc a rd families had assembled tution. She is survived by two bro- to en a family reunion over tho thers, P. A. Metcalf of South Dakota. Christmas festival.

The news of the and who is on his way here, and John death comes as a shock to fiionds of Metcalf of Los Angeles. whom there arc legion in Woodland. Jack Fingland, of the Southern Pacific offices here, received a message this morning from the head offices of the Southern Pacific asking Sheriff J. W. Monroe to assist in the capture all of the heirs have acceded to hor of two men one a Mexican, who last wish and have consented to pay their TMght entered the S.

P. depot offices pro rata according to their shares of the estate. The donors who are anxious to conform to the wishes of the at Yuba City and held up the em- ployes, taking from the till and vault $150. The men made good their es- deceased are, besides Mrs. Nelson, F.

I ca Good descriptions of the men I I MonrttC. The WCrC better known a.s "Jack" Nelson, Lucy Bush, Mary N. Hackett, Norma Nelson Stephens and Elizabeth Nelson Harvey Cane. The stipulation entered into that after the fiiv.t of the year, the following donations in accordance with the desire of Mr. Nelson, i be to the churches and Red Cro 1 of Woodland: Yolo Chapter of Red Cross 5,000 i thought to be traveling south.

IMPORTANT WATER TRIAL BEGINS TOMORROW St. Luke's Episcopal The funeral will be under the direc- The deceased wa.s in the best of health 0 i tOSar Parish tion of Kitto Wilson Friday with a the i the members of the 1'am- cvt th Day Adventists Rev. Bob Davis, a friend of the family for the i North officiating. It was the last request of but early i i church South Mrs. Bobbitt that there be no flowers Eh ten be an.e ill and stvadlly failed, i i a from friends extended.

LILLIAN LEEPER ASKS $50 ALIMONY Lillian Lecper instituted proceedings in divorce here yesterday against James A. Lecper, claiming desertion as her grounds for divorce. Fifty dollars a month alimony is asked. The couple were married in Marysville December 20, 1920. There are no children or property interests.

Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Thiercof, who have been quests for several days at the A.

W. Fox home, returned to San Francisco Prof, and Mrs. W. B. Hyman have returned from brief visit in Oakland and San Francisco.

1E SPAPEfcfl I Former Residents Guests At Dinuba At Dinuba last Friday Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Giddings, the former a one-time resident of Woodland, were surprised by the Pioneer Club.

The occasion was Mr. Gidding's fifty-ninth birthday. It was a gathering of neigh- bors and friends of thirty years and more, and it was found unnecessary to provide entertainment for guests preoccupied with visiting. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs.

Cammie Haden of Palmyra, Virginia. Mr Haden is visiting through the holidays with his brother, i H. T. Haden, and would be eligible to membership in the pioneers, having resided in this district thirty years ago. 'Mr.

Giddings, the honored host, is a native of California, having been born in Woodland. He was one of the very first to settle in the Alta district and his home was for many years a land mark in a sparsely settled country. He was a member of the first Dinuba school board, a promoter of i the Alta Irrigation district and one of the members of its first board of directors. The next meeting of the Pioneer rlub will be a watch party at Haden Heights, the home of Mr. and Mrs.

H. T. Haden, on New Year's eve, 8 Months if. Outlock For Man Hurt In Smash Frank Hobart, business man of Redding, who suffered a broken vertebrae of the backbone in an automobile accident near Blacks Christmas Day, will have to remain in a plaster caste for from six to eight months, and taken unusual care of himself if he hopes to recover, according to word from the Woodland Sanitarium today. The extent of his injuries were not at first known, but investigations developed that his injuries were unusually serious and that it would be the better part of a year before he would be free to move about.

His two sons, both of whom were with their father when the automobile turned turtle, are with him here until after the crisis in his condition is past. the end co'ning at 1 o'clock day ai'iernocn. A i lur. been made for i a at 10 o'clock i day the horn" of E. A.

Bullard, south ot Woodland. Professor A. M. El-ton ot Berkeley, an uncle, will conduct the services, i i and Wil on will have charge of tl'o funeral a i a I i be in the Elston plot in the Woodland cemetery. Mi 1 El-ton, pioneer member of the Bullard family, was widely known I the two valleys.

In hhe was united in marriage to Albert. M. Elston. Mr. Elston, i farmer and Democratic politician, passed -iway some i ago.

Surviv- 1 ing, besides her brothers, F. N. i lard, E. Hiram and E. A.

a I are sons, Frank and Ellsworth Klston. The deceased was born in Yolo county in 18G7, being 55 years of ago at the i of her death. WORK BEGINS ON BENASINI HOME The a of the death of Mrs. came as a shock and surprise. It was generally that her a was not good but nobody outside of the immediate a i at least, a i i a that Jtho would come so soon and so sudden.

First Baptist Second Baptist Total fi.OOO 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 500 $17,500 suit COUNTY HOSPITAL REPORTSUNUSUAL! HEALTH RECORD For three months the contagious disease ward at the olo County Hospital has not had a patietit. In that time there has boon no "catching" sickness at the public health plant. Doctors declare that this record is unusual. Warden Lou Savage reported this morning that the roster is i freo from patients i any complaint resembling a contagious disease. While there has" been an unusual number of deaths in this city i i tho last six days, physicians state that the health of tho community in general is above normal.

Trial of the B. F. Conaway a a i the Yolo Water and Power a and some 200 water users, i i i the rights of the defendant i i a i a i of i Slough for i its a i begin tomorrow on its i i in tin- Yolo i Court. At a i i a a i sorae weeks atfo, a a was denied a tempor- a i a i i order. The a i i that if the water a is i to continue' the use of the slouch as at present, i a a damage i result to i i a a property.

The water a claims that not only the a of the irrigation con- i cern i at but the entire rice in- i if Conaway should i i i A B. Eddy is counsel for Conaway. Frank Freeman was assisting but his illness will keep him out of cobi i. A. C.

and A. C. Huston, i a a for the defense. It se( ms tragic that in the midst of i a rejoicing, when most pco- I has gone out of the lives of those who pie are i i by tho true i mas i i i to give a for so many joys and blessings, the angel of death should sound a discordant note in tho homes of so a old-time residents of Yolo county. And it seems all the more tragic when we reflect that he has knocked at the doors of those who have played so i a part in the social, religious and industrial activities of tho county, and whose virtues and attributes of character have made them such conspicuous examples of good citizenship that their loss will be keenly felt.

Among those so distinguished none Another Christmas present came was held in higher esteem and none last night for the Woodland Fire De! was worthier of more affectionate partment. Could forwarded a f5 regard than the subject of this greenback to the volunteers nftor he sketch. In all the homes encurtainod A. crew of njcn began today tear- the burned timbers and debris out of the Joe Benasini house on Lincoln avenue and Third street, destroyed by fire last summer. It is Bena- sini's plan to remodel and modernize the place, making it a first-class apartment house.

Gould Sends Five Spot To Firemen had read "Democrat" 'f J. D. Harling and W. R. Fait sotting the by the shadows of recent bereavement there is none in which there is a loved her, forever.

Expressions of sympathy and condolence may in a measure reconcile her a i relatives and i i a friends to the almost irreparable loss they have sustained, but in the homo she the presiding genius as iio gentle wife and mother, there is a vacant chair on which there will bo hung a drapery of woo. It was in that home 1 tempered with the atmosphere of I iJlVUOniStS swoot influences, charity and love that this good woman roso to tho full stature of hor splendid womanhood. NEW CONCERN TO ICE CARS IN SAC. i i the week the newly ut a i i a Line i a i an i i station in Sacr a a a January 1 i be in operation from San Francisco to eastern points. i i icinir a i i be estab- i in a i i a at Stockton and Portola.

The line was formed to increase a i i i for prompt moving of California fruits and vegetables from, this state to market in the east. To Continue Drive As a friend, wife and mother, her Captain Julian and Envoy Perry of example was well worthy of the highest emulation. In this busy harvest time of death, she has boon tho Salvation Army have arrived in Woodland to complete thf drive for its funds, somo of which have already I when all pioneers, whether club mem- example by substantial Christmas stronger reminder of our immortality bers or not, are to be invited. contributions. than the Elston home, and none in which a memorial service could inspire more human affection.

Pointing out the attractive virtues of the dead is a mournful duty but it will not bring bark the good woman who Sacramento--The par value of se- When the IB-inch gun of a battle- curities authorized by the State Cor- ship is fired, the pressure in the poraticn Department during last breech is more than twenty tons to two years amounted to $1,452,593,830. the square inch. gathered into eternity. A fair soul, boon received through the Bank of a noble spirit have taken their flight I Yolo. and nil that is mortal will soon be The campaign is being conducted consigned to tho grave.

A marble by Low Williamson of the Yolo Water monument will lift its head toward i and Power Company, who requtsta ths heavens in hor honor, but a mon- the hearty co-operation of the people nment more precious and more of Woodland who have not yet con- to her memory and more valu- tributed. Payments may be able to the world has already been either direct to the Salvation Artnjr founded in the hearts of her officers or to C. Richmond, loved ones and friends. urer, at the Bank of Yolo. NEWSPAPER!.